Today City Attorney Dennis Herrera today, along with Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo and Santa Clara County Counsel Anne C. Ravel, filed "a petition for a writ of mandate with the California Supreme Court to invalidate Proposition 8, an initiative constitutional amendment that intends to strip gay and lesbian citizens of their fundamental right to marry in California." That is to say, it's on. In Herrera's own words: The issue before the court......

These "key" propositions have been called, with no real surprises. (Although the proposition asking voters to rename of the San Francisco sewage treatment facility in honor of George W. Bush went down in flames.) Proposition H (Renewable Electricity) Yes: 86,859 (40.9%) *No: 125,639 (59.1%) Proposition K (Prostitution Decriminalization) Yes: 89,833 (42.4%) *No: 121,815 (57.6%) Proposition R (George Bush Sewage Plant Renaming) Yes: 63,879 (30.9%) *No: 143,087 (69.1%) Proposition V Junior R.O.T.C. *Yes: 107,846 (53.2%)......

While it's technically still too close to call, it looks like the same-sex marriage ban, Prop. 8, will prove victorious. Why? Well, one reason, according to BeyondChron's Paul Hogarth, might be that "[p]rogressives were lulled into complacency by early poll numbers, and distracted by the Barack Obama campaign." Hogarth goes on to say that "discrimination has been enshrined in our Constitution" as of this morning. (Read his thorough take on how it won, right......

http://www.elriosf.com Here are just a few election night parties going on, each of them screening the results live. And more. Much more. We'll update this list throughout the day. Check back for more if you don't find something to your liking. (And we recommend you going out tonight. It should be.... interesting.) Jones Bar (Lombard & Scott): Hosted by San Francisco Republican Party, the San Francisco Young Republicans, and the San Francisco Schadenfreude Society. (5......

Major League Baseball played its 79th All-Star Game last night, a 15-inning, long hard slog eventually won by the American League, 4-3. Your hometown team players had a couple cameos and made a few notable contributions in the evening’s proceedings… ...

Too real, if you ask us. Election night will soon fall upon the city like a blanket of darkness. But that doesn't mean you should celebrate or grieve alone. Ripping off Inspired by SFBG's Election Night Parties, we present to you SFist's...election night parties. Ta-da. -- Gavin Newsom's (Victory) Party: Pros: at the Ferry Building, the thrill of victory, Gavin's form Cons: at some point you will be snubbed by someone in the society......